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Tarkus
Aug 27, 2000

I dunno, as somebody who has suffered from actual depression, I've always viewed that feeling of desperation and overwhelming self-doubt and loathing to be a signal to change your life, to be better and learn something new. I've always wondered if this was a biological signal to do the exactly that, that your life was unsatisfactory and your own biological and evolutionary history was telling you to kick some rear end, even your own and be better.

I only say this because I'm fairly certain that various mental maladies affected people from time in memorial. It doesn't make sense from an evolutionary point of view to have people who are crippled mentally. There must be an actual advantage to depression as we know it. What it is, i have no idea.

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